Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue!

PreS-K–Rinker and Ford, no strangers to two preschooler favorites—vehicles and construction—celebrate surprising heroes at the site: the garbage crew. The larger project is the renovation of a row of pretty little homes, now fallen into disarray. But the tractors and backhoes can’t handle the piles of garbage that are everywhere. Sanitation trucks are brought in, the usual stinky jokes are made, but Roll-Off Truck is not messing around as it sets a large dumpster into place. Container Delivery Truck leaves smaller dumpsters so that garbage now has a place to go. Flatbed and Skid Steer bring and set up large plastic garbage cans, and Front Loader makes a cameo, getting the dumpsters ready for another round. Builders and painters descend upon the homes and fix them up; an author’s note covers the inspiration for the book, which was renovating her old house. Children will be ready to point and name, and while the rhyme doesn’t always scan, the pure cheerfulness and goodwill of the endeavor keeps the pages turning. Ford’s illustrations, from sun-up to sundown, include funny details and friendly ones, as when the vehicles collaborate on a goal.